RALEIGH, NC – OCTOBER 30: Assistant coach, Tim Army of the Colorado Avalanche coaches players during a timeout of a NHL game at PNC Arena on October 30, 2015 in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Photo by Gregg Forwerck/NHLI via Getty Images)

Less than a week after former Iowa Wild coach Derek Lalonde accepted a job as an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the organization hired Tim Army to replace him in Des Moines.

Army, 55, was introduced on Thursday afternoon with Wild assistant general manager Tom Kurvers by his side. He boasts 30 years of coaching experience in the NHL, AHL and NCAA, and most recently served an assistant coach with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, the minor league affiliate for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Before that, Army spent six seasons as an assistant coach with the Colorado Avalanche. He has also served as an NHL assistant coach with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks (1993-1997) and the Washington Capitals (1997-2002).

Army was head coach at alma mater Providence College from 2005-2011, where he played four years and was the Friars’ captain as a senior. He was a Hobey Baker Award finalist during the 1984–85 season, while earning an All-Hockey East First Team selection and being named an ACHA West First-Team All-American.

Army spent one season playing professionally with Maine Mariners of the AHL. He recorded 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in 68 games before starting his coaching career.

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